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To: WilliamIII

Surprised no mention made of Trump praising Ted Cruz.

Cruz not only speaks out against illegal immigration but his actions support his words.

UN World Court v. Texas (Medellin case) - Ted Cruz, Texas Solicitor General argued and won at Supreme Court:

“On June 24, 1993, José Ernesto Medellín (an 18-year-old Mexican citizen) and several other gang members participated in the murder of Jennifer Ertman and Elizabeth Peña, when they raped a 14-year-old and 16-year-old girl for an hour in Houston, Texas.

Both girls were killed to prevent them from identifying their assailants. Medellín strangled one of the girls with her own shoelaces.[9][10]

Hours after Medellin’s arrest he admitted to his part in the crime and boasted of having “virgin blood” on his underpants.[11]

Medellín was arrested five days later, and signed a confession after being given his Miranda warning. Texas authorities did not, however, advise him of his right to contact his consulate under the terms of the Vienna Convention.[9][10]

Medellín was convicted of rape and murder, and sentenced to death in 1997. He appealed, and raised the issue of his Vienna Convention rights as part of his appeal, but his conviction was upheld by the trial court and by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.[12]

In 2003, Medellín filed a petition for habeas corpus in United States district court. The district court denied relief, holding that Medellín’s Vienna Convention claim should have been raised at trial (not on appeal) and he had failed to show prejudice against his case arising from the Vienna Convention violation.[13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medell%C3%ADn_v._Texas


18 posted on 07/04/2015 11:33:40 AM PDT by MN_Mike (Cruz 2016)
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To: MN_Mike

Trump praised Cruz on his call in to Fox and Friends this morning.


43 posted on 07/04/2015 12:13:42 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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